linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/15] apparmor: Refactor to remove bprm

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1707191921360.10539@namei.org>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:21:55 +1000 (AEST)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/15] apparmor: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec
 hook

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, Kees Cook wrote:

> The AppArmor bprm_secureexec hook can be merged with the bprm_set_creds
> hook since it's dealing with the same information, and all of the details
> are finalized during the first call to the bprm_set_creds hook via
> prepare_binprm() (subsequent calls due to binfmt_script, etc, are ignored
> via bprm->called_set_creds).
> 
> Here, all the comments describe how secureexec is actually calculated
> during bprm_set_creds, so this actually does it, drops the bprm flag that
> was being used internally by AppArmor, and drops the bprm_secureexec hook.
> 
> Cc: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>


Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>

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James Morris
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